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Windows 7: Flashing cursor/windows logo after recent update

I came home Sunday to find that my computer had restarted to the log in screen. What was odd is that the cursor was blinking VERY rapidly.

I tried to input my pwd and the line immediately filled with the letter. I thought a key was stuck but that was ruled out. I restarted and then the windows logo at startup was blinking rapidly too! Anything that shows progress moves rapidly.

I tried everything and have now tried a fresh install and can't get that to work either. Any ideas? Does this sound like an update problem?

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